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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 14, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Carol Shifrin Gruchala, Naperville, IL (US);
Donald W Buell, Naperville, IL (US);
Rodney T Brand, Lisle, IL (US);
Ronald Michael Bloom, Blue Island, IL (US);
Robert Anthony Michalski, Algonquin, IL (US);
Carol Shifrin Gruchala, Naperville, IL (US);
Donald W Buell, Naperville, IL (US);
Rodney T Brand, Lisle, IL (US);
Ronald Michael Bloom, Blue Island, IL (US);
Robert Anthony Michalski, Algonquin, IL (US);
SBC Properties, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A method and system are provided for selecting a destination number upon receiving a dialed number from a calling party. The preferred embodiments include a telecommunications system that, after receiving a dialed number from a calling party, selects a particular destination number and routes the call to that number. In one preferred embodiment, information about the calling party's end office, such as an originating point code, is used to select a destination number. In another preferred embodiment, destination numbers are stored in a plurality of database locations in the system, and the zip code of the calling party is used to select the appropriate database to query for the destination number. Since the database location selection is independent of the dialed number, the system—not the number dialed by the calling party—determines the appropriate database location to query. These preferred embodiments can be used in a variety of situations and find particular use in a non-emergency service environment.